Monthly Archives: August 2012

Music: Advice from the Universe, God, or just coincidence?

Posted on August 28, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

So I was listening to my iTunes collection today, and a song came on that I didn’t recognize. In fact, I doubt that I had even heard the song before that moment. It was by a band that I really … Continue reading →

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The Sudden Walk, by Franz Kafka

Posted on August 27, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

The Sudden Walk by Franz Kafka In the evening, when you seem to have definitely resolved to stay home, have put on your housecoat, are sitting at a lighted table after dinner and have undertaken some type of worker game, … Continue reading →

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The emaciated mind

Posted on August 24, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

I hate this. I hate the rapid pulse, the lump in my throat, the muted sounds, the shortness of breath, and the burning feeling in my eyes. I truly, fully hate this- in every manifestation of hate that is currently … Continue reading →

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Hope and Grief

Posted on August 23, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

How do people deal with grief? More specifically, how does grief ever get “properly” dealt with? We all hear that time heals all wounds, and that God has a plan, but when you’re in the midst of a profound loss, … Continue reading →

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Ultimate love

Posted on August 17, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

Let’s have a quick thought experiment. Think about love. What makes it profound? What makes it worthwhile? What makes one love more significant, or, dare I say, real, than other kinds of love? People often say, “You can’t love a … Continue reading →

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Frederick William Robertson and My Favorite Quote

Posted on August 10, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

It is an awful moment when the soul begins to find that the props upon which it has blindly rested are, many of them, rotten, and begins to suspect them all; when it begins to feel the nothingness of many … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Faith and Induction

Posted on August 1, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

If the problem of induction tells us that we are not justified in establishing law-like relations in science, then upon what do we base our certainty that the sun will “rise” tomorrow, or that magnetic poles of opposite charge will … Continue reading →

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